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With Japan riding the crest of its postwar economic miracle, Sony chairman Akio Morita and Japan’s Minister of Transport Shintarō Ishiharaunleashed a manifesto. The document, published in 1989, contained a prophecy that propelled it to domestic bestseller status, and into the concerned hands of officials at the CIA. At the time, the authors noted, the American and Soviet superpowers had become “dependent on the initiative of the Japanese people” in developing new technology, as exemplified by the country’s dominant production of semiconductor chips....

TLDR:With a Rotate DIY Watchmaking Kit, tinkerers can put their skills to the ultimate test, assembling their own dynamic mechanically-driven watch. Maybe jigsaw puzzles and Sudoku aren’t quite doing it for you anymore. Tests of mental acuity are always a fun pastime for smart people, but sometimes, even games and puzzles can get a bit stale. In that case, you could attack a challenge that’s not only a serious brain-tester, but also incredibly practical....

If you’re like us, you spend a lot of time in front of your computer. In our ever-growing quest to finduseful toolson the Internet, we’ve run across one that we’re sure you’ll enjoy. Thinkeryis what would happen if Read It Later applied to everything you do. From finding cool stories to clipping relevant text or even creating to-do and shopping lists, Thinkery combines all of it into one simple, web-based tool where you can store them....

TLDR:The World Traveler Bundle ft. Rosetta Stone offers three training and service standouts to help make the most out of any international travel. By the end of the decade, it might be commonplace to fly from New York to London in just three hours. A run from San Francisco to Tokyo would take just over four hours. Those are the claims by Boom Supersonic, a company contracted tobuild a fleet of supersonic jets for Unitedthat could be in service by 2029....

It’s been a momentous month for space-faring billionaires. On July 11, British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson’s Unity “rocket-plane”flew him and five fellow passengersabout 85 kilometers above Earth. And this week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard capsulereached an altitude of 106km, carrying Bezos, his brother, and theoldest and youngest peopleever to reach such a height. Passengers on both flights experienced several minutes of weightlessness and took in breathtaking views of our beautiful and fragile Earth....